Scientific Discoveries You Need To Know About If You Want To Stay Healthy

13Don’t always sit straight

For a long time, it was believed that sitting with a straight back was the best way to sit as it reduces pressure on the spinal cord. Physiotherapists from the University Hospital of North Tees found out that this idea is wrong. People who suffer from lower back pain should sit with a slightly bent back, according to them. Slouching actually relieves pressure on the back and legs.

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14Cracking your neck is dangerous

When we feel tired and stiff, we stretch and pop our knuckles and sometimes crack our necks. This can, however, prove fatal. The neck region is extremely sensitive and things can easily go south. This is what happened with 28-year-old Josh Hader. He had a sore neck and started stretching his neck and tilting it from side to side. Suddenly, heard a pop sound.

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15Things go wrong

Immediately the entire left side of his body froze. He began hiccupping constantly, felt weak, lacked coordination and felt his eyesight go weak. At the hospital, doctors discovered that the arteries at the back of the skull, at the base of the neck had been snapped while he was tilting his head. This caused a stroke.

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16The aftermath

Doctors saved his life but this small mistake could have killed him. He continued to have impaired coordination for a long time. Interestingly, he kept hiccupping for two whole weeks after suffering the stroke. Doctors use this case to warn others to never carelessly crack their neck. It is a very sensitive area and one false move can be fatal.

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